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Probably would cost close to $10k when all said and done. But boy it would be a heck of a car. All that power and great fuel economy if you could keep a light touch on the pedal. I'll bet it would get well over 30mpg on the highway.

Maybe you could find a Mustang wreck and pick up the goodies a little cheaper.

Working out the radiator and inter-cooler would probably pose some challenges.

Check out the youtube video where the guys sneak an ecoboost into the coyote drag event. They put the 5.0 badge on the side and zip tie the engine cover on top of the ecoboost (I don't recommend this). The tech guys looks under the hood and says yep everything seems to be in order. Pretty funny.

My friend is building a buggy, he was talking about putting a new 2.3T in it. I was on the look out for one and found it listed locally from a wreck. The guy said he was going to fix the car and wanted a V8, so just get rid of the garbage 4 banger...$1000 for engine, ECU and harness. No trans, but that's a pretty good deal still...I guess he needs a special trans for the buggy setup, not familiar with it.

Honestly, I'd be fairly content with even the smaller 1.6t engine setup in an XR. I think it would still be decent and good power.

It's a little amazing than pan fits. I guess he had to mod the oil pickup as well.

According to Wikipedia article on Duratec...

"While the 2.0 Ford EcoBoost engine and its later 2.3 variant share a cylinder block with the L3-VDT and are derived from the Mazda L architecture, little else is shared between the EcoBoost and L3-VDT and they should not be confused with one another."